coincidence/ True Blood/ River Cree Casino

June 26 Coincidence: Today I met this guy Chris through the internet. He's the guy I'm networking with and we could help each other out in our projects like my TV script. We met in a public place. He then told me how he went to a focus group to watch 2 TV shows to give opinions on it. One was called Soul Mates, which is a romance. One story is happening in present time, and the other was set in World War 2.

The weird coincidence was that the second show he watched was called Dads about 3 dads. I was like: "Oh my God. I used to work at Call Centre #1 from 2005- 2006 and they would send these videos out about this show. The people would watch the show, and then we would ask about the commercials, more than the actual show." It's confirmed that is the same show because when I ask about the show when I was working, the people mentioned the dads' occupations like an architect.

Then Chris told me that his friend David Wong has his short story "John Dies at the End" optioned into a movie. He told me about the comedy site www.cracked.com. I checked it out, it's alright.

Research: Did you know that trainers can make $125/ hr? Well I was reading a review about the movie The Girlfriend Experience. It's about working as an escort. It said the trainer boyfriend makes $125/hr. Well I don't know if that is really true, but it does sound believable. It's research for my script about working at a gym.

Music: I was listening to Canadian Idol winner Theo Tams cd from the library. It's alright, but boring. I don't care for the show, nor the American counterpart.

Daniel Tosh: I was watching his Completely Serious comedy hour on Youtube. Then I went and watched some more videos of this guy. This is research for my script since I will base a character on him.

June 28 True Blood: Today I finally checked out the new TV show True Blood. I went to Rogers Video to rent season 2 of Dexter, but they were all rented out. Then I went and got another HBO show. True Blood is about a young woman named Sookie who works at a bar. They live in a world where vampires and human co-exist. The vampires are "out of the coffin" because the Japanese created this blood so that the vamps can drink it, and won't feed on humans.

There's this actress Rutina Wesley who plays Anna Paquin's character Sookie's best friend Tara on the show. This reminded me of something I read on Fametracker Forums way back in 2004. There was a thread about racial stereotypes onscreen. Little Master T wrote: "And black people? They're sassy! Mmm- hmmm!" I burst out laughing when I read that. It's true, Tara's character is a sassy black woman. I do like her. She also points out about how the manager gets the woman to dress in uniforms not the men.

The girls wear tight white shirts, and little shorts, kind of like at Hooters. Tara then convinces the manager that she doesn't have to wear the uniform because she doesn't want to be sexualized. I heard about this show, but I didn't know what it was until it was compared to the movie Twilight. It's always a young woman who falls in love with a hot vampire guy.

Little things I noticed like Silver (Jessica Stroup) from 90210 makes an appearance in the first scene. Things I don't like about it, are probably the southern accents. I don't like listening to it. I do like listening to British accents. There is nudity and profanity, but what do you expect? It's on HBO.

Sookie is also a telepath and can hear people's thoughts, except the vampire Bill. I think I overdosed on telepathy, because I already watch The Listener. I also seen a telepath on Heroes. I saw the first two episodes of True Blood. Then after that, I watched them again with audio commentary. However, I then started writing when I was listening to it.

This show will be my inspiration. I needed to try something new, like watch something new. I already hit writer's block with my vamp script a few months ago. Now I'm onto something new.

June 29 Writing: Last night I started writing about the script based on Daniel Tosh. I got 15 pages, though a few pages were copy pasted from the Garret script. Let's just say I am imagining what would happen if Daniel, I, and my Treats manager Aziz all worked together at a restaurant.

Blog: So that guy Chris I met through the internet. I sent him a link of my blog/ weekly emails and he said it was "impressive." He gave me his blog link www.boxofmystery.com where he gives movie reviews and other stuff. Interesting to read.

Excitement: My cousin Jennifer is going on a reality show called Jet Set Zero. She will be living outside of Canada and going place to place and living there for 3 months at a time. Kind of reminds me of The Real World. Good for her.

Funny: Today I called my friend L up. Her bday is coming up, and I haven't heard from her in awhile. We then discussed my weekly emails. She laughed when I retold her about that guy I was IMing through that dating website back in March and April.

Me: He then says: "I don't mean to be rude, but do you like sex?"
L laughed.
Me: Why are you laughing?
L: Because it seems like such a random question to ask someone before they even meet them... there is so much pressure.
Me: Pressure?
L: Yeah, to be someone's first.
Me: Oh, I thought he thought that he wasn't going to have sex with me after a few dates.
L: Yeah, it could be that too.

Then I asked her: "Which is worse? A teenage girl who gets pregnant by accident or on purpose?"
L: On purpose, because that is just stupid. That reminds me of Maury where the girls get pregnant because they want a kid to love them.
Me: That reminds me of my old co- worker Jennifer who said she watched Maury where a girl says: "I'm going to have a baby, and all of you guys are going to pay for it!"
L: I don't mind paying for social services, but I don't like how people take advantage of it like that.
Me: Do you still watch that show?
L: No, I haven't watched it in a few years.
Me: Me either.
L: I remember I went home for lunch, my mom used to watch it all the time.

Kit Cope: In other news, Kit Cope has confirmed me as a friend on Myspace today. I'm friends with him on Facebook.

June 30: Now I realized Daniel Tosh still has not confirmed me as his friend.

Good news: Yesterday I emailed production companies if they read my script yet. One person said yes, and they liked it. That's good. That person did say he wants to be a co-writer and do revisions and rewriting on it. I told him I would have to know what his ideas are before I incorporate it in my script. I asked about what the next steps are.

Jul. 1 Funny dream: Last night I had a dream that Daniel Tosh told me how to play a prank on someone. You get a big bucket of ice and throw it on a bed. Then you get a big bucket of blood, and throw it on the bed too. It will look like the person is a serial killer. They are trying to keep this one person alive by putting the body on ice, but the person is bleeding.

I knew it was a dream, and then in the dream, I was telling my siblings about it. I was on the computer and it seems Daniel doesn't like me.

Me: Love me or hate me.
Daniel: Hate you.

Rant: Here's a mild rant. Last week, they didn't show The Listener because they were covering Michael Jackson's death. Then today they're not showing Tosh.O because it's Canada day and they're showing Corner Gas.

River Cree Casino: Last night I went to the River Cree Casino for a staff party- again. We went there last year. I had 3 plates of food, and then a brownie. It's a good place to party. Also UFC fights do occur there. One's coming up on July 17.

I actually checked out the casino instead of the restaurant. On those slot machines it says: "If you have a gambling problem call ......" There's a bar in the centre and two other bars and restaurants in there. There is a section for high- rollers.